Southern Asia vs USSR: Sheep and Goats — Stocks

Southern Asia
48.57 million LSU
in 2023
USSR
13.96 million LSU
in 1991
Southern Asia rank
7th
USSR rank
6th

Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time

  • Southern Asia
  • USSR
10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M196119922023

How they compare

Southern Asia currently reports 48.57 million LSU against 13.96 million LSU in USSR, a difference of 34.61 million LSU.

That makes Southern Asia's figure about 3.5 times USSR's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Southern Asia has been ahead every year.

Southern Asia ranks 7th and USSR ranks 6th of 31 groups.

Southern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Southern Asia USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 20.84 million LSU 14.09 million LSU 6.75 million LSU Southern Asia
1970s 23.53 million LSU 14.56 million LSU 8.97 million LSU Southern Asia
1980s 29.86 million LSU 14.86 million LSU 15.00 million LSU Southern Asia
1990s 34.16 million LSU 14.24 million LSU 19.93 million LSU Southern Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, Southern Asia or USSR?
Southern Asia, at 48.57 million LSU against 13.96 million LSU in USSR as of 2023.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between Southern Asia and USSR?
34.61 million LSU, with Southern Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Asia and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Southern Asia and USSR rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
Southern Asia ranks 7th and USSR ranks 6th of 31 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep and Goats — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Sheep and Goats — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 13,567 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.